pitcher with the lowest era since 1960, 1500 ip minimum

Since 1960, Sandy Koufax has the best ERA when pitching at least 1500 innings, with an ERA of 2.36.

	NAME	ERA	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2.36	1807.2	260	137	60	.695	237	1,910	122	37	6	1,304	474	542	136	512	14	14	36	7,216	57	9.51	2.55	3.73	0.68	26.5	7.1	1.00	.252	2.70	67	2.28	67	6.49	226.4
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.53	2855.1	455	223	96	.699	451	3,052	25	15	0	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.2
3	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.68	1689.0	276	106	74	.589	276	2,037	4	2	0	1,296	503	540	165	383	25	0	16	6,646	34	10.85	2.04	5.32	0.88	30.7	5.8	0.99	.280	2.88	68	2.73	67	6.91	256.6
4	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2.83	2629.2	371	158	126	.556	359	1,910	135	40	4	2,341	827	961	207	598	112	10	102	10,718	64	6.54	2.05	3.19	0.71	17.8	5.6	1.12	.270	3.29	84	2.92	89	8.01	100
5	Whitey Ford W. Ford	2.83	1608.2	253	115	56	.673	230	1,041	62	21	3	1,465	506	576	128	422	11	12	23	6,581	43	5.82	2.36	2.47	0.72	15.8	6.4	1.17	.269	3.22	79	3.10	84	8.20	105.1
6	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.86	3948.0	558	268	152	.638	521	2,212	211	53	4	3,349	1,253	1,395	303	1,311	38	15	37	16,114	85	5.04	2.99	1.69	0.69	13.7	8.1	1.18	.249	3.18	80	3.50	95	7.63	83.2
7	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	2.86	2230.1	344	130	99	.568	295	1,625	98	27	14	1,719	709	812	174	831	40	30	44	9,120	70	6.56	3.35	1.96	0.70	17.8	9.1	1.14	.240	3.28	83	3.28	92	6.94	68.3
8	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.86	4783.0	656	311	205	.603	647	3,640	231	61	1	3,971	1,521	1,674	380	1,390	76	6	116	19,369	126	6.85	2.62	2.62	0.72	18.8	7.2	1.12	.259	3.15	79	3.03	85	7.47	286.1
9	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2.89	3507.0	471	243	142	.631	457	2,303	244	52	2	3,153	1,126	1,329	320	709	40	11	82	14,236	51	5.91	1.82	3.25	0.82	16.2	5.0	1.10	.261	3.41	81	3.04	88	8.09	154.8
10	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	2.90	1701.1	944	114	118	.491	37	1,299	4	2	341	1,474	549	615	123	492	39	709	109	6,942	40	6.87	2.60	2.64	0.65	18.7	7.1	1.16	.271	3.25	83	2.95	82	7.80	125.4
11	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2.91	3808.2	515	248	169	.595	473	3,069	253	55	6	3,202	1,230	1,385	253	1,297	101	18	116	15,735	104	7.25	3.06	2.37	0.60	19.5	8.2	1.18	.268	3.27	78	2.88	81	7.57	285.9
12	Dean Chance D. Chance	2.92	2147.1	406	128	115	.527	294	1,534	83	33	23	1,864	697	832	122	739	65	61	75	8,906	70	6.43	3.10	2.08	0.51	17.2	8.3	1.21	.270	3.49	85	2.96	83	7.81	140.2
13	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.93	2827.1	476	219	100	.687	409	3,154	46	17	3	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	10.04	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	66	2.91	68	7.07	454.6
14	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.95	2234.0	418	159	97	.621	337	2,763	17	4	12	1,814	732	790	222	516	143	25	15	8,990	48	11.13	2.08	5.35	0.89	30.7	5.7	1.04	.298	3.18	69	2.83	68	7.31	334.8
15	Mel Stottlemyre M. Stottlemyre	2.97	2661.1	360	164	139	.541	356	1,257	152	40	1	2,435	878	1,003	171	809	44	3	75	10,972	57	4.25	2.74	1.55	0.58	11.5	7.4	1.22	.260	3.39	90	3.36	98	8.23	14.4
16	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	3.01	1809.1	1,002	124	107	.537	37	1,502	16	0	310	1,497	605	670	119	732	47	681	90	7,507	63	7.47	3.64	2.05	0.59	20.0	9.8	1.23	.270	3.33	81	3.18	84	7.45	125.4
17	Bob Veale B. Veale	3.07	1926.0	397	120	95	.558	255	1,703	78	20	21	1,684	658	755	91	858	29	63	62	8,163	92	7.96	4.01	1.98	0.43	20.9	10.5	1.32	.291	3.53	87	2.76	82	7.87	130
18	Gary Nolan G. Nolan	3.08	1674.2	250	110	70	.611	247	1,039	45	14	0	1,505	573	623	146	413	14	1	46	6,836	26	5.58	2.22	2.52	0.78	15.2	6.0	1.15	.260	3.35	86	3.19	92	8.09	47.2
19	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3.11	5350.0	777	314	265	.542	690	3,534	303	53	10	4,938	1,846	2,128	399	1,379	108	33	164	21,953	160	5.95	2.32	2.56	0.67	16.1	6.3	1.18	.275	3.58	85	3.06	85	8.31	312.9
20	Joe Horlen J. Horlen	3.11	2002.0	361	116	117	.498	290	1,065	59	18	4	1,829	691	783	145	554	53	31	65	8,234	68	4.79	2.49	1.92	0.65	12.9	6.7	1.19	.262	3.52	90	3.31	94	8.22	47.7
21	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	3.12	2804.0	451	185	130	.587	379	1,627	172	36	11	2,531	972	1,122	221	818	12	33	60	11,481	52	5.22	2.63	1.99	0.71	14.2	7.1	1.19	.262	3.60	91	3.28	94	8.12	62.7
22	John Tudor J. Tudor	3.12	1797.0	281	117	72	.619	263	988	50	16	1	1,677	623	700	156	475	29	5	32	7,368	18	4.95	2.38	2.08	0.78	13.4	6.4	1.20	.266	3.51	80	3.61	96	8.40	30
23	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3.12	4916.2	709	354	184	.658	707	4,672	118	46	0	4,185	1,707	1,885	363	1,580	159	0	63	20,240	143	8.55	2.89	2.96	0.66	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	70	3.08	71	7.66	680.4
24	Tug McGraw T. McGraw	3.14	1514.2	824	96	92	.511	39	1,109	5	1	180	1,318	528	597	108	582	22	541	128	6,313	63	6.59	3.46	1.91	0.64	17.6	9.2	1.25	.269	3.55	87	3.25	91	7.83	51.2
25	Don Wilson D. Wilson	3.15	1748.1	266	104	92	.531	245	1,283	78	20	2	1,479	611	698	119	640	47	10	32	7,305	77	6.60	3.29	2.00	0.61	17.6	8.8	1.21	.261	3.59	92	3.09	92	7.61	43.7

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